### 8.8 Configuring index see and see-also entries

You can use the same building blocks described in §8.1.5 Including typographic tags and character formats to determine how index see and see-also entries will be displayed.

To assign building blocks to property form for index see and see-also entries:

    [SeeStartIndex]
    form = ,<spc/><i><name/></i><spc/>

    [SeeAlsoStartIndex]
    form = :<i><name/></i><spc/>

    [SeeEndIndex]
    form =

    [SeeAlsoEndIndex]
    form =

These are the default formats, defined in Subformats configuration file d2htm_subformats.ini.

To specifying text for index see and see-also entries:

    [IndexSeeText]
    ; SeeStartIndex = content to use at start of index-see references
    SeeStartIndex = see
    ; SeeAlsoStartIndex = content to use at start of index-see-also
    SeeAlsoStartIndex = See also
    ; SeeEndIndex = content to use at end of index-see
    SeeEndIndex =
    ; SeeAlsoEndIndex = content to use at end of index-see-also
    SeeAlsoEndIndex =

Each value becomes the <name/> content in the corresponding subformat.

A colon at the end of SeeEndIndex or SeeAlsoEndIndex forces the following item to the next index level.

Text for the settings in [IndexSeeText] is specified in the language configuration files; see §8.10 Localizing output headings, labels, and names. The text shown here for these settings is the default text specified in d2g_lang_en.ini, located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\d2g\system\lang.

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Parent Topic: 8. Configuring format components

Sibling Topics:

8.1 Managing format components

8.2 Defining border subformats

8.3 Defining shading subformats

8.4 Overriding border and shading properties

8.5 Configuring output numbering properties

8.6 Configuring run-in headings for text formats

8.7 Defining cross-reference output formats

8.9 Configuring trademark formats

8.10 Localizing output headings, labels, and names